Movies: I started the week by taking my child to see Paddington for his first going-to-the-movies experience. He loved it and the movie was well-done and so I enjoyed it too. Unfortunately, in my chronic lateness and aversion to trailers in movie theaters, I missed the first 5-10 minutes of the movie. I told…

Other than just that I hated it, I was really bothered by the idea that these scientists were able to get funding to go on a mission "to find out where we came from" or whatever non-scientific bullshit they gave as the reason for their mission. Launching a space mission costs a fuck-ton of money. Scientific funding…

I'll make the obviously preposterous choice: You're in Haiti. All I know about Haiti I learned by watching The Serpent And The Rainbow.

Nah, that's just from that one time you snuck in the v room while your parents were watching Event Horizon.

What I always found amusing about Home Movies (and yeah, I hate the animation style) is the way the child characters alternate between doing and saying frustrating things just like real children to busting out adult-worthy insights about the entertainment business. It was catnip to me, but I never, ever believed that…

But, he's actually making some good points here! Read past the hyperbole…

The Mr. And I watched Jupiter Ascending as well today. We were really impressed with it. Me more so than him (it hit a lot of just right notes for me at least). But once I got past the opening and all that confusing exposition that I frankly couldn't really follow on first viewing, it just blew me away. So many good…

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Er, I don't remember that scene. I can't bear to watch the movie again. What did I miss?

I am only slightly older than you are, and I can assure you that there were indeed fake job listings in those days. In the actual newspaper, no less!

I remember coveting the Ryo-Ohki nightlights back when I was single!

That's a good point, but I really enjoyed the fact that Chas got to save the day on his own terms. I also really enjoyed getting to see how he came to be (mostly) immortal. I had always asked need been like that all his life. Learning that he has a set member of times he can die and that Constantine is responsible for…

I don't know what a blood squib is, would you please enlighten me?

Let's talk about that animation! I could not believe I was watching that! Laughed my ass off.

Osama was born into a wealthy family and had light skin and fine facial features. Both of these are markers of attractiveness in many cultures, like China's.

My interpretation of this was that the news report was something fabricated by the monster to unnerve her. Thing about that newscast: the camera pans to a window in the home to show Davis, smiling. She would have been handcuffed in the police cruiser if she was suspected of being a horrible murderer.

What was scary was not the monster itself, but the fact that the monster was able to take control of the mother and make her do evil things.
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My knee-jerk reaction to the headline of this article was that Davis will not get the nod because her masturbation scenes exist, are cringe-inducingly realistic.

I felt that way too. I felt an uncomfortable level of identification with the main character, and was genuinely concerned that she would successfully murder the boy.

First vinyl: New Kids on the Block. First CD: Alice in Chains Facelift. Please note that I still listen to Facelift, and that while Dirt was out at the time and I had wanted it, but I was put of by the nekkid lady on the cover. Someone later lent me Dirt and I (sort of) got over my objections to the cover art. I had…